Shaurya Malwa

Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis.

Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, ROOK, TRX, SNX, RUNE, FTM, ZIL, KSM, ENJ, CKB, JOE, GHST, PERP, BTRFLY, OHM, BANANA, ROME, BURGER, SPIRIT, and ORCA.

He provides over $1,000 to liquidity pools on Compound, Curve, SushiSwap, PancakeSwap, BurgerSwap, Orca, AnySwap, SpiritSwap, Rook Protocol, Yearn Finance, Synthetix, Harvest, Redacted Cartel, OlympusDAO, Rome, Trader Joe, and SUN.

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Markets

Polymarket Trader Betting on Donald Trump Win Ends Up Getting 99% Odds

Low liquidity led to massive slippage for one entity trying to buy up Trump “yes” shares in a short period.

Trump poster for 2024 election. (Jon Tyson/Unsplash)

Policy

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Passes Crypto Bill to Bring Regulatory Clarity: Report

The bill aims to provide regulatory clarity for digital assets, including self-custody rights, bitcoin payments, and transaction taxation.

Pennsylvania State Capitol. (Shutterstock)

Markets

As 'Sentient Memecoins' Become Latest Crypto Fad, GOAT Surges to $800M and an AI Rambles

Some claim a new wave of big-money tokens are backed by sentient AI bots. But that's not the reality.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Trader Warns of Correction as BTC Dominance Reaches 2021 Levels; Solana Leads Market Gains

Dominance refers to the ratio between the market capitalization of BTC to the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies combined and is often used as a gauge for market sentiment. PLUS: Some Solana tokens are up as much as 70%.

16:9 Market decline (Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Policy

Peter Todd Says Even Reports of His 'Going Into Hiding' Are Exaggerated

Weeks after a widely panned HBO documentary claimed Todd is Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Wired reported the former Core dev is avoiding the public eye. Yet he's speaking at conferences.

Former Bitcoin developer Peter Todd, left (HBO)

Markets

Musk’s Tesla Still Holds $780M Bitcoin, Arkham Says, Ahead of TSLA Earnings

Those wallets continue to hold that BTC and haven’t sent any to crypto exchanges as of Wednesday, which is usually a sign of sales.

Tesla Charging Station Electric Car  (Blomst/Pixabay)

Markets

DOGE, XRP Lead Crypto Majors Decline as Bitcoin ETFs Bleed $80M

The broad-based CoinDesk 20 (CD20), a liquid index tracking the largest tokens by market capitalization, fell nearly 2% while bitcoin lost 1%.

Deutsche Bank's survey of retail investors see bitcoin (BTC) price dropping below $20K by year-end (Meg Boulden/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Is Going to $80K Regardless of Trump or Harris Win, Traders Say

There are skewed expectations of a Republican win as better for bitcoin. However, some say the asset is poised to go higher either way as several macroeconomic factors weigh in.

Trump and Harris debating on CNN. (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana Token Issuer Pump.Fun Rakes in Big Bucks With 1M SOL in Lifetime Fees

Active addresses grew to 85,000, of which 37,000 were new wallets, indicative of strong demand. Meanwhile, Lookonchain data shows that Pump’s creators are raking in profits.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

ANZ to Kickstart Chainlink Private Transactions Protocol in RWA Boost

The private transactions allow institutional users to define privacy conditions in a way that keeps onchain data private from all third parties and adversaries.

(Markus Winkler/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)